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Our selection of the key items for your outside space. There will never be more than 50 in total, so you won’t need to look through more than five pages of products. Do consult the Complete Collection for more ideas.

Arlia Rattan Lounger Nkuku

There's nothing like a rattan lounger to make you feel like you're already on holiday – even when it's a bit cold at home. This is on pre-order though, so you can practice getting in the mood and be ready to leap outside as soon as the clocks change.
Rina concrete coffee table Soho Home

Just a gorgeous piece that will work beautifully inside as well as out. Garden furniture can suffer from all looking the same and it’s refreshing to find a table that can move in and out as you do. The glossy exterior is particularly pleasing and means it will be a brilliant addition to a dark interior as it will catch the light and reflect it back. There’s also a smaller, taller side table too. And if you prefer a pale olive green there's that option.
Large Outdoor Garden Light Cuckooland

Garden lighting is often an afterthought and it's also expensive to install, so a large portable lamp is a great idea. This will give 22 hours from four hours charging – and you can move it around to where you need it most, which means crucially that you can sit slightly away from it while it attracts all the moths and night-time beasties. Also, because if you are anything like me, you haven't really thought about the size, this is 55cm tall and 30cm wide.
Wooden Moreton Slatted Storage Unit Garden Trading

Google searches for 'outdoor kitchen' are more popular than ever and while the budget (or need) might not extend to a full kitchen, a useful storage cupboard with a top that can be used for prep or serving is an excellent start. Alternatively, you could use this for its original purpose as a potting table and keep gardeny things underneath, instead of plates and kitcheny things. Your choice.
Set of two polypropylene chairs La Redoute

Comfortable, lightweight and colourful, these garden chairs are great inside the house, as well as outdoors. The styling is top-notch and manages to look clean, minimal – and expensive. You can't mix and match the pairs, sadly. I particularly like the brick and the mustard ones.
Parisian Bistro Style Outdoor Chair Rockett St George

I don't know if it's because flowers are supposed to provide all the visual interest, or if our expanding confidence in colour inside the house hasn't yet reached the garden, but most outdoor furniture still tends to be either natural (good) or grey (sensible and a bit dull). So while this is a jazzy monochrome, it is still a good deal more interesting than the usual. If you hunt around you might find this style in more colours and different patterns, although you can't beat a bit of black, white and bright green as a combination, imho.
Extendable Globe Festoon Lights Cox & Cox

Garden lighting can be expensive, so is often overlooked. But it's worth thinking about if (for example) you eat inside with a view of the garden in the evenings, because unlit it can look like a bit of a black void. A simple set of lights wrapped around a tree or balcony railing will give a sense of twinkliness that won't show the weeds but will look jolly pretty. These come in extendable 'strings', so you can plug one set into another to take them as far as you want.
Hampstead armchairs (set of two) Garden Trading

Made from a plastic that's designed to look like bamboo, these chairs will not only last for years, but they are also light enough to move around. Either (standard) wet to dry, or (dreaming) around the garden to catch the sun or the shade. Under a spreading tree for breakfast, in the full glare for elevenses sort of thing. Can also find a place at the kitchen table or on a landing. I have a similar version at the top of my stairs.